Manchester City 2019/20 NHS & BLM Patch

The Manchester City 2019-20 season team Home and 3rd kits debut with the special NHS and Black Lives Matter patch that appear on the front and sleeve of the player and referee kits.

In recognition to NHS workers in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, players and referee will be wearing heart-shaped logo emblazoned on to their front chest of shirts. With players also holding a minute’s silence in recognition of those affected by coronavirus before each game for the first round of fixtures, to pay tribute to frontline NHS workers. The NHS badge will remain on playing shirts for all remaining fixtures of the 2019/20 season.

The Home kits:

The English Premier League patch to be replaced with the 'Black Lives Matter' logos that will appear on the sleeve of the player and referee. These patch appear once during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Burnley FC at Etihad Stadium on June 22, 2020 in Manchester, England.

Instead of their names on the back of the shirt, "Black Lives Matter" will be printed above squad numbers in solidarity with the social justice movement.

3rd kits:

Support for the Black Lives Matter movement is seen on the club 3rd shirt during the Premier League match between Chelsea FC and Manchester City at Stamford Bridge on June 25, 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Alternate design for 'Black Lives Matter' patch that appear on the sleeve of the English Premier League team shirts player. These patch debut on the second match fixtures after the league returns on June 17 2020.

Premier League 'Black Lives Matter' Patch

The English Premier League kits from all 20 teams will feature various elements to support the 'BlackLivesMatter' movement. The gesture of the English Premier League comes after civil rights campaigns have gained momentum across the globe following the horrible death of George Floyd in the United States. 

All Premier League player names on the back of kits will be replaced by the phrase 'Black Lives Matter' in solidarity with the social justice movement.

Premier League NHS Logo Patch

The English Premier League has released the designs for the NHS and Black Lives Matter logos that will appear on the front and sleeve of the player and referee kits until the end of the season.

In recognition to NHS workers in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, players and referee will be wearing heart-shaped logo emblazoned on to their front chest of shirts. With players also holding a minute’s silence in recognition of those affected by coronavirus before each game for the first round of fixtures, to pay tribute to frontline NHS workers. The NHS badge will remain on playing shirts for all remaining fixtures of the 2019/20 season.

The NHS badges are intended as a show of solidarity and appreciation for health workers, in thanks for their efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Though up-to-date figures have not been published, hundreds of NHS staff and care workers have died since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak.

Note:

The NHS stands for the National Health Service. It refers to the Government-funded medical and health care services that everyone living in the UK can use without being asked to pay the full cost of the service.

FC Porto Special Handwritten & 'Super Doc' Kits

FC Porto joined its sponsor, Super Bock, to pay tribute to all those who are on the front line against the Covid-19 fight. Almost three months after its last championship match, FC Porto returned to the fields of La Liga NOS against FC Famalicão, June 03, 2020. The dragons unfortunately started with a 2-1 defeat against Famalicão. 

In the game against Famalicão, the players' names were handwritten, in reference come from staff who write their names on the protective material who are fighting Covid-19, to be identified by colleagues and patients. The club, Sponsored by Super Bock, a Portuguese beer company founded in Porto in 1927, the club has, by mutual agreement with its sponsor, transformed the name "Super Bock" 

into word "Super Doc".